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self-fulfilling prophecies

self-fulfilling prophecies is the plural of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Meaning of self-fulfilling prophecy

Noun

self-fulfilling prophecy (plural self-fulfilling prophecies)

  1. A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.
    • Whether or not we believe in astrology is irrelevant; the question is, did the Magdalenians? If so, then in a self-fulfilling prophecy they may have been organizing their lives according to a religious belief system, and not simply an economic or ecological one.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130

Questions about self-fulfilling prophecies

What is self-fulfilling prophecies the plural of?
Self-fulfilling prophecies is the plural of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Words near self-fulfilling prophecies in the dictionary

  1. self-focussed
  2. self-focusses
  3. self-focussing
  4. self-formed
  5. self-fulfilling
  6. self-fulfilling prophecies
  7. self-fulfilling prophecy
  8. self-fulfillment
  9. self-fulfillments
  10. self-fund
  11. self-funded

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